Jose Antonio Meade

Jose Antonio Meade (27 February 1969-) was a Mexican PRI politician who ran for President in 2018. He lost the election with just 16.41% of the vote, the worst election result in the PRI's history.

Biography
Jose Antonio Meade was born in Mexico City, Mexico in 1969 to a prominent political family. He served as Energy Secretary in 2011, as Foreign Secretary from 2012 to 2015, Secretary of Social Development from 2015 to 2016, and as Secretary of Finance and Public Credit from 2011 to 2012 and from 2016 to 2017. In 2017, the independent Meade became a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, and he ran for President in 2018. He placed third in the election, winning just 16.41% of the vote, the worst election result in the PRI's history.